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Cate Ryan

CATE RYAN

  

Nationality:    USA
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Catherine Ryan has been working as a writer, Dramaturg, director, community Theatre maker, producer and performer for over ten years, for stage, radio and documentary film. She lives in Dja Dja Wurrung country (Central Victoria), just outside a town with a name, but no shop, pub or tennis court (there is, however, a gorgeous river, wedgetailed eagles and a public phone box). She has a BA in Drama and Sociology from La Trobe University (1993) and a Bachelor of Performing Arts in Animateuring from the Victorian College of the Arts (Hons - 1996). She headed bush in 2000, starting Castlemaine's Barking Owl Theatre with three other artists, and now continues to create professional productions and community generated pieces. Her work has been a finalist in the Patrick White Award (twice), the ANPC New Dramatists Award, and the Perishable Theatre International Women's Playwrighting Competition. In 2006 Catherine was a Melbourne Theatre Company Affiliate Writer, and the National Regional Winner of the Theatrelab Australian Voices Award.

Research:    Member of the Dramatists Guild of America (as at 2016)

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        In The Secret Sea         Picture Box, The



In The Secret Sea

Synopsis:
In the play, a newly married couple and their parents confront a life and death decision. The outcome will change all of their lives forever.

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Beckett Theatre. New York, NY     15 Apr 2016

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Picture Box, The

Synopsis:
From the deep south to the northeast, a young black man comes to work at the home of a white family on New York's Long Island. This young man becomes the "caretaker" of the little girl who lives in the home. She has been emotionally abandoned by her mother through her mother's second marriage. the trust of this estranged child creates a bond with her caretaker that spans a lifetime. Love and caring come in all forms.
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1st Produced:
Beckett theatre
410 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036     15 Jan 2012

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the Negro Ensemble Company

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Genre:
Play/Drama 80 min

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